predominateadj.

Brit.

/prᵻˈdɒmᵻnət/, U.S.

/priˈdɑm(ə)nət/,

/prəˈdɑm(ə)nət/

Forms: 1500s– predominate, 1600s praedominate, 1600s–1700s predominat.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praedominatus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin praedominatus, past participle of praedominari predomine v. Compare slightly earlier predominate v., and also earlier predominant adj.

= predominant adj. (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [adjective] > having superior or predominant authority

moreeOE

overc1175

surmontantc1400

upper1477

predominant1575

predominate1591

overswaying1601

predominated1800

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [adjective]

preponderanta1500

predominant1575

predominate1591

ascendant1634

prepollent1657

preponderate1789

predominated1800

the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [adjective] > ascendant

predominant1575

predominate1591

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > greater in quantity, amount, or degree > superior in amount or quantity

predominate1591

predominant1601

preponderating1611

domineering1621

overbalancing1623

preponderous1670

1591 ‘A. Foulweather’ Wonderfull Astrol. Prognostication To Rdr. sig. A2 Mercury being Lord and predominate in the house of Fortune.

1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 145 When salt is predominate..it produceth so many kinds of diuers ulcers.

1650 S. Fairclough Prisoners Praises 39 Execute..the spirit of mortification upon your potentate and predominate sins.

1692 T. Tryon Good House-wife (ed. 2) xii. 93 Raisins are a brave noble Fruit, endued with an excellent Vertue, the aimable and friendly sweet Quality is predominate in them.

1800 H. Wells Constantia Neville II. xx. 326 They commonly possessed..the predominate bad qualities of both Europeans and Africans.

1810 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison (new ed.) II. xi. 136 He gave way to his predominate [earlier eds. predominant; 1812 also predominate] bias.

1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 331 The denomination he [sc. Wesley] founded seems to be the standing or predominate order here.

1928 Columbus (Ohio) Evening Dispatch 20 Sept. 14/5 (advt.) New advance Winter styles..that are predominate for the coming winter's wear are featured.

1955 F. G. Ashbrook Butchering xiv. 272 Sage is a predominate favorite in the United States.

1992 From Land Summer 6/3 The predominate moss species in this community is Campylium stellatum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

predominatev.

Brit.

/prᵻˈdɒmᵻneɪt/, U.S.

/priˈdɑməˌneɪt/,

/prəˈdɑməˌneɪt/

Forms: 1500s praedominate, 1500s– predominate, 1600s predominat.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praedominat-, praedominari.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin praedominat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of praedominari predomine v. Compare Middle French, French prédominer predomine v.

a. intransitive. To have or exert controlling power; to be of greater authority or influence, to be superior; to prevail, hold sway. Frequently with over.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [verb (intransitive)] > be superior in authority

rulea1398

predominate1589

over-command1598

over-order1850

1589 J. Anger Her Protection for Women sig. B3^v Strength should predominate, where now flattery and dissimulation hath the vpper hand.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 342 Our fellowes, and allys most iustly demanded equall priuiledge with the Romans,..to the hope whereof Drusus had raized them vpon a desire to predominate.

1651 ‘A. B.’ tr. L. Lessius Sir Walter Rawleigh's Ghost 8 Men's own industry and laboriousness, doth much more predominate and rule over all their mutual commercements, then any higher cause.

1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator II. xi. 316 Manner gives Warning of the Distempers which will predominate over us.

1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. x. 106 The instances in which either private benevolence or public spirit predominate over the love of life, will also naturally be but rare.

1807 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons (ed. 2) I. i. viii. 87 In this period of the independence of Britain, one tyrant is said to have predominated over the rest.

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity V. xi. iv. 102 The Frenchman soon began to predominate over the Pontiff.

1896 N.Y. Tribune 21 July 2/2 If the Bryan faction predominates, the Middle-of-the-Roaders will bolt and nominate another candidate.

1965 Hist. Jrnl. 8 9 Committees dealing with customs and naval matters..where he predominated together with the younger Vane.

1993 J. E. Parkinson Corporate Power & Responsibility (BNC) Private interest was not allowed to predominate over the public good.

b. transitive. To dominate, prevail over, control.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [verb (transitive)] > prevail over by superior authority

overrule1576

overtop1584

predominate1590

oversway1593

monarch1600

predominize1648

to have the whip hand (of)1680

predominec1721

1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 11 The foure elementes are congested in euery seuerall body, predominating euery man.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 143 Let your close fire predominate his smoke, And be no turne-coats.

1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd i. 11 You happy powers that predominate humane actions, assist.

1678 J. Gailhard Compl. Gentleman i. 65 Phlegm being cold, they who are predominated by it, are subject to want Memory and Prudence.

1810 Splendid Follies II. 95 The frailties of your nature predominated the glare of your riches.

1892 A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus II. 573 The ambition for outside effect which predominated the original plans seems to have been disdainful of interior comfort.

1937 H. Read Art & Society v. 200 The influence of the parents predominates the child by granting proofs of affection and by threats of punishment.

1955 Times 25 July 7/4 The will to win predominates the players on both sides.

1998 Social Text No. 55. 56 The intellectual atmosphere was predominated by Burke's critique of the French Revolution.

†c. intransitive. Astrology. Of a planet, etc.: to exert a controlling influence, to have ascendancy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [verb (intransitive)] > be in ascendant

star1592

predominate1598

predomine1607

horoscopate1647

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 51 b/1 The astronomicall constellation which ouer vs is prædominating.

a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 147 For Saturne (principally predominating, on Saturday) disposed mens minds and bodies to a dull heavinesse.

1730 J. Miller Humours Oxf. v. 79 May your kind Stars Predominate and shed their most benign influence on this happy Conjunction.

1780 S. Lee Chapter of Accidents v. 84 Egad, thy lucky star predominates!

2. intransitive. To be the main, most abundant, or strongest element; to be prevalent, to preponderate. Also with over.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > be great in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] > be superior in amount or degree

rixlec1175

domine1474

predominate1594

domineer1602

predomine1605

prevail1612

preponder1624

preponderate1688

reign1715

to tip the balance1956

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vi. 83 When this element predominateth in the mixture.

1650 T. Hobbes De Corpore Politico 72 This Policy they call Mixt Monarchy, or Mixt Aristocracy, or mixt Democracy, according as any of these three sorts do most visibly predominate.

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1691) i. 15 Those who predominate in Shipping, and Fishing, have more occasions than others to frequent all parts of the World.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Billon A kind of base Metal, either of Gold or Silver, in whose Mixture Copper predominates.

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 28 Meadow green—lively green, in which however the yellow predominates.

1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. x. 137 The hornblende for the most part predominating over the felspar.

1881 Nature 1 Sept. 421/1 Since the foundation of the Museum in 1753, when the collections of printed books and manuscripts predominated.

1942 E. Bowen Bowen's Court ix. 348 Pasture predominates; there are lesser proportions of plough, moor and wood land.

1975 T. C. Whitmore Trop. Rain-forests Far East xvii. 219/2 Western man introduced plantation agriculture, initially to grow spices, later to grow the other cash crops, with coffee, tea, rubber, and oil palm predominating.

2002 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 15 June 2316/2 Foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio capital flows began to predominate over other forms of capital inflows.

†3. intransitive. To rise high or tower over. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > be in high position [verb (intransitive)] > be above > dominate

master1601

domineer1694

predominate1814

tower1863

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. viii. 110 A huge bear, carved in stone, predominated over a large stone bason.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. v. 126 The tall gables and elms of the Rectory predominate over the tiny white-washed church.

Derivatives

preˈdominated adj. rare predominant. N. E. D. (1907) attributes the text given in quot. 1800 to a 1768 edition of Hume, but no such reading has been found.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [adjective] > having superior or predominant authority

moreeOE

overc1175

surmontantc1400

upper1477

predominant1575

predominate1591

overswaying1601

predominated1800

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [adjective]

preponderanta1500

predominant1575

predominate1591

ascendant1634

prepollent1657

preponderate1789

predominated1800

1800 Parties in Gen. in Hume's Ess. & Treat. (new ed.) I. ii. viii. 57 According to that principle which is predominated [1741 predominant], and is found to have the greatest influence.

1945 P. H. Landis Adolescence & Youth vi. 112 The predominated influence of peer group associations in the large-school situation where age groups are stratified into large aggregates.

1978 Times 29 Apr. 27/1 (advt.) One of the predominated requirements of nuclear power plants is environmental safety.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	predominate
释义	predominateadj. Brit. /prᵻˈdɒmᵻnət/, U.S. /priˈdɑm(ə)nət/, /prəˈdɑm(ə)nət/ Forms: 1500s– predominate, 1600s praedominate, 1600s–1700s predominat. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praedominatus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin praedominatus, past participle of praedominari predomine v. Compare slightly earlier predominate v., and also earlier predominant adj. = predominant adj. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > authority > [adjective] > having superior or predominant authority moreeOE overc1175 surmontantc1400 upper1477 predominant1575 predominate1591 overswaying1601 predominated1800 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [adjective] preponderanta1500 predominant1575 predominate1591 ascendant1634 prepollent1657 preponderate1789 predominated1800 the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [adjective] > ascendant predominant1575 predominate1591 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > greater in quantity, amount, or degree > superior in amount or quantity predominate1591 predominant1601 preponderating1611 domineering1621 overbalancing1623 preponderous1670 1591 ‘A. Foulweather’ Wonderfull Astrol. Prognostication To Rdr. sig. A2 Mercury being Lord and predominate in the house of Fortune. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 145 When salt is predominate..it produceth so many kinds of diuers ulcers. 1650 S. Fairclough Prisoners Praises 39 Execute..the spirit of mortification upon your potentate and predominate sins. 1692 T. Tryon Good House-wife (ed. 2) xii. 93 Raisins are a brave noble Fruit, endued with an excellent Vertue, the aimable and friendly sweet Quality is predominate in them. 1800 H. Wells Constantia Neville II. xx. 326 They commonly possessed..the predominate bad qualities of both Europeans and Africans. 1810 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison (new ed.) II. xi. 136 He gave way to his predominate [earlier eds. predominant; 1812 also predominate] bias. 1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 331 The denomination he [sc. Wesley] founded seems to be the standing or predominate order here. 1928 Columbus (Ohio) Evening Dispatch 20 Sept. 14/5 (advt.) New advance Winter styles..that are predominate for the coming winter's wear are featured. 1955 F. G. Ashbrook Butchering xiv. 272 Sage is a predominate favorite in the United States. 1992 From Land Summer 6/3 The predominate moss species in this community is Campylium stellatum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). predominatev. Brit. /prᵻˈdɒmᵻneɪt/, U.S. /priˈdɑməˌneɪt/, /prəˈdɑməˌneɪt/ Forms: 1500s praedominate, 1500s– predominate, 1600s predominat. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praedominat-, praedominari. Etymology: < post-classical Latin praedominat-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of praedominari predomine v. Compare Middle French, French prédominer predomine v. 1. a. intransitive. To have or exert controlling power; to be of greater authority or influence, to be superior; to prevail, hold sway. Frequently with over. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [verb (intransitive)] > be superior in authority rulea1398 predominate1589 over-command1598 over-order1850 1589 J. Anger Her Protection for Women sig. B3^v Strength should predominate, where now flattery and dissimulation hath the vpper hand. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. 342 Our fellowes, and allys most iustly demanded equall priuiledge with the Romans,..to the hope whereof Drusus had raized them vpon a desire to predominate. 1651 ‘A. B.’ tr. L. Lessius Sir Walter Rawleigh's Ghost 8 Men's own industry and laboriousness, doth much more predominate and rule over all their mutual commercements, then any higher cause. 1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator II. xi. 316 Manner gives Warning of the Distempers which will predominate over us. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. x. 106 The instances in which either private benevolence or public spirit predominate over the love of life, will also naturally be but rare. 1807 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons (ed. 2) I. i. viii. 87 In this period of the independence of Britain, one tyrant is said to have predominated over the rest. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity V. xi. iv. 102 The Frenchman soon began to predominate over the Pontiff. 1896 N.Y. Tribune 21 July 2/2 If the Bryan faction predominates, the Middle-of-the-Roaders will bolt and nominate another candidate. 1965 Hist. Jrnl. 8 9 Committees dealing with customs and naval matters..where he predominated together with the younger Vane. 1993 J. E. Parkinson Corporate Power & Responsibility (BNC) Private interest was not allowed to predominate over the public good. b. transitive. To dominate, prevail over, control. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [verb (transitive)] > prevail over by superior authority overrule1576 overtop1584 predominate1590 oversway1593 monarch1600 predominize1648 to have the whip hand (of)1680 predominec1721 1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 11 The foure elementes are congested in euery seuerall body, predominating euery man. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iv. iii. 143 Let your close fire predominate his smoke, And be no turne-coats. View more context for this quotation 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd i. 11 You happy powers that predominate humane actions, assist. 1678 J. Gailhard Compl. Gentleman i. 65 Phlegm being cold, they who are predominated by it, are subject to want Memory and Prudence. 1810 Splendid Follies II. 95 The frailties of your nature predominated the glare of your riches. 1892 A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus II. 573 The ambition for outside effect which predominated the original plans seems to have been disdainful of interior comfort. 1937 H. Read Art & Society v. 200 The influence of the parents predominates the child by granting proofs of affection and by threats of punishment. 1955 Times 25 July 7/4 The will to win predominates the players on both sides. 1998 Social Text No. 55. 56 The intellectual atmosphere was predominated by Burke's critique of the French Revolution. †c. intransitive. Astrology. Of a planet, etc.: to exert a controlling influence, to have ascendancy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [verb (intransitive)] > be in ascendant star1592 predominate1598 predomine1607 horoscopate1647 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 51 b/1 The astronomicall constellation which ouer vs is prædominating. a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 147 For Saturne (principally predominating, on Saturday) disposed mens minds and bodies to a dull heavinesse. 1730 J. Miller Humours Oxf. v. 79 May your kind Stars Predominate and shed their most benign influence on this happy Conjunction. 1780 S. Lee Chapter of Accidents v. 84 Egad, thy lucky star predominates! 2. intransitive. To be the main, most abundant, or strongest element; to be prevalent, to preponderate. Also with over. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > be great in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] > be superior in amount or degree rixlec1175 domine1474 predominate1594 domineer1602 predomine1605 prevail1612 preponder1624 preponderate1688 reign1715 to tip the balance1956 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits vi. 83 When this element predominateth in the mixture. 1650 T. Hobbes De Corpore Politico 72 This Policy they call Mixt Monarchy, or Mixt Aristocracy, or mixt Democracy, according as any of these three sorts do most visibly predominate. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1691) i. 15 Those who predominate in Shipping, and Fishing, have more occasions than others to frequent all parts of the World. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Billon A kind of base Metal, either of Gold or Silver, in whose Mixture Copper predominates. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 28 Meadow green—lively green, in which however the yellow predominates. 1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. x. 137 The hornblende for the most part predominating over the felspar. 1881 Nature 1 Sept. 421/1 Since the foundation of the Museum in 1753, when the collections of printed books and manuscripts predominated. 1942 E. Bowen Bowen's Court ix. 348 Pasture predominates; there are lesser proportions of plough, moor and wood land. 1975 T. C. Whitmore Trop. Rain-forests Far East xvii. 219/2 Western man introduced plantation agriculture, initially to grow spices, later to grow the other cash crops, with coffee, tea, rubber, and oil palm predominating. 2002 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 15 June 2316/2 Foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio capital flows began to predominate over other forms of capital inflows. †3. intransitive. To rise high or tower over. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > be in high position [verb (intransitive)] > be above > dominate master1601 domineer1694 predominate1814 tower1863 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. viii. 110 A huge bear, carved in stone, predominated over a large stone bason. View more context for this quotation 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. v. 126 The tall gables and elms of the Rectory predominate over the tiny white-washed church. Derivatives preˈdominated adj. rare predominant. N. E. D. (1907) attributes the text given in quot. 1800 to a 1768 edition of Hume, but no such reading has been found. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [adjective] > having superior or predominant authority moreeOE overc1175 surmontantc1400 upper1477 predominant1575 predominate1591 overswaying1601 predominated1800 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [adjective] preponderanta1500 predominant1575 predominate1591 ascendant1634 prepollent1657 preponderate1789 predominated1800 1800 Parties in Gen. in Hume's Ess. & Treat. (new ed.) I. ii. viii. 57 According to that principle which is predominated [1741 predominant], and is found to have the greatest influence. 1945 P. H. Landis Adolescence & Youth vi. 112 The predominated influence of peer group associations in the large-school situation where age groups are stratified into large aggregates. 1978 Times 29 Apr. 27/1 (advt.) One of the predominated requirements of nuclear power plants is environmental safety. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1591v.1589
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